After installing Darksiders on their PCs, some users have complained that the game gets stuck at a black screen after the THQ and Vigil Games logos disappear.

This fix should allow you to load Darksiders with no problem.

Common Black Screen Fix

Open your game folder (default is Program Files)

Go under \media\videos

Delete AMD_Logo_movie.wmv

That should help most users get their game started. Additionally, you could encounter a black/blank screen in Darksiders if the game’s resolution was set to one that your monitor does not support. In that case, you need to delete another file.

ALL HAIL THE COMMON FIX! EFF AMD! They made a file that effed with my game! I’m lucky searching Windows for that sucker and then sending it to Recycle Bin Hell worked! Didn’t even have to try additional fixes. All Hail SolidlyStated…now goodbye, cuz I’ll prolly never be back here again. 😀

Hello,
I too am having the black screen issue. I know the problem is my monitor settings, but I am not going to run out and buy a new monitor to fix this one issue. I normally go into the config. file and manually adjust it. I have had to do this with may games now and have just gotten use to it. But with this game there isn’t a config. file to mess with. So for those of still having this problem, what do we do? Ask for a refund?

Can not find the AMD_Logo video in the media\video\ folder
Deleted the options.dopt file
No change

Sorry kobby, this issue has been hit or miss with some people and their PCs. It could be something totally unrelated to this particular bug. Be sure to get all the appropriate updates for your computer,close out any unused programs to make sure they arent interfering, and temporarily disable any antivirus to see if thats blocking anything. (all depends on if you can hear the game continuing to play or not whether its actually a video related issue).

Okay… so I’ve managed to obtain the most major issue with this game.
And yes, it is the problem in which is thread is referring to.
I run the game, I see THQ logo in maybe half a second and the game crashes.

Also, I managed to find and delete the AMD_LOGO thing, but I did not manage to find the options thing. I searched through the whole darksiders folder, and no, still did not find it.
I tried every other solution I could read, even youtube, nothing works, nothing!

So… I’ve tried changing resolution, updating all my drivers, reinstall the game and then removing the intro movies as well as trying to find options.dopt however, I didn’t find the file now either.
Still doesn’t work.

I might have found the source of my problem.
I installed Darksiders on my laptop, which is a Windows 7 computer.
It worked perfectly fine (Except a few crashes, but what to expect from an xbox game, merely optimized for pc?)
But no matter what I do on my Windows 8 desktop computer, the game will not run no matter what I’ve done.